CatfishBilly's 400w sog soil grow. 2011

[CatfishBilly]

Hi, its only been like 19-20 hours since my last photo update, check out the growth, does it look on par?

Veg cab...

My fem Cheese... shes catching up, and shes almost a week behind.

Flowering, had to add another table, the plants were growing over top of themselves.

On this pic, seems like i had my light too close and it melted? Could it be something else?

I carefully checked the leaves with a magnifying glass, nothing crawling, looks clean. I hope its just melted and nothing else. Seems to only effect that leaf.

 

[Philosophist]

they look nice and green to me man, i can see the new growth well done......

 

[CatfishBilly]

Thanks for checking in on me Philo, wish a few more would gain interest, the last couple journals i did had a lot of hype, this one is by far my most hard working grows, and i have less than a quarter of the subs that i did. When i gain enough knowledge to be sure about the info i post, i will help as much as i can, i try to anyway, doing research for other people, drawing diagrams, etc. I will not loose faith in riu, because i know theres a lot going on in here. May just take some time to get some subs. (like when i will post juicy nugs that make your mouth water later on, i hope) All i know, if it wasn't for the subscribers i had in my previous journals i woulda just committed serial homicide on my babies.....

In the veg cab went from under-watered, to slightly over-watered, need to add 10% more perlite to the next mix, along with a unknown amount of dolo lime. (They are the little pellets) I tried to make a tea with fish ferts and dolo lime, in 24hour tap water, with a strong air pump for about 12 hours, didnt seem like the lime broke down any in the water, so my next test will be either adding what i think would be enough to the soil mix, or adding to the top of the soil mix, just slightly covering the top.

Peaces.

 

[CatfishBilly]

Flowering...

Veg...

If anyone is watching, do you know what this is?

 

[Philosophist]

i have those same things, mine were from water burning in the lights...how far into flower are you?

 

[CatfishBilly]

i have those same things, mine were from water burning in the lights...how far into flower are you?

yea, i think where i had to goto work and the soil was semi dry, i just used a water bottle and sprayed the surface, mighta got it on the leaf. My lights are around 10inches from the plants, going to move them up 2 inches tonight.

I am currently 6 days into flower, no signs of sex..

 

[CatfishBilly]

so i am not moving.. i told a "friend" about the place and he went over my head and got it. I swear.. I try and try to be the good guy... look what that gets me.. not anymore.

 

[Philosophist]

so i am not moving.. i told a "friend" about the place and he went over my head and got it. I swear.. I try and try to be the good guy... look what that gets me.. not anymore.

thats a bunch of bullshit...friends can be the worst enemies.....

 

[DSB65]

Looks really good..and lots of pics.....rep...happy growing

 

[CatfishBilly]

thats a bunch of bullshit...friends can be the worst enemies.....

Thats ok, i know where he lives... haha ::flings a bag of feces at his door:: kidding..

Looks really good..and lots of pics.....rep...happy growing

Thank you DSB65, thanks for the rep. Stop by anytime u want! :]



Popped 3 more seeds this week, one is breaking soil. They are two Himalayan Gold, and one EZ Ryder, all feminized. That will give me a total of 4 strains i can rotate to find the one i like. I plan on keeping a mother of the Cheese for the first "legitimate strain" Then HG and then EZR. I want to try and run the same strains to keep my canopy uniform. Its going to be hard with 3 sets of 2 clones. Got to find a tri-level metal rack somewhere, ill hit up the thrift shops tomorrow.

So far only one out of six is showing sex, which i think it looks like it will be a male. Most of the times i can tell before by what they look like(tall and lanky compared to its opposite) But not these. Its only day 7 of flowering, from the way it looks in there, might be day 9-10 before i am sure. i fimed i think 3 of them so they are bushy and have a LOT more nodes than my last grow, and the leaves can cover my hand!

Thanks again for stopping by..

 

[DSB65]

Why ez rider with the other ones its a auto and likes more light.....

 

[CatfishBilly]

To my knowledge, the ezr was just plain fem. Ive had these seeds for 3 years if that makes a diff.

 

[DSB65]

to my knowledge, the ezr was just plain fem. Ive had these seeds for 3 years if that makes a diff.

its a fem auto flower and needs 20 hours to grow its best...

 

[DSB65]

http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/easy-ryder-aka-lowryder-2-x-ak47/prod_442.html

 

[Philosophist]

hey broseph.... im wondering how well your vegging would be if you had double those lights? Im planning on starting a 2week cycle grow next month, and am only gona Veg for 4 weeks. Will those lights get them big enough? Gonna Uncle ben top and flower under 1k HPS.

 

[CatfishBilly]

its a fem auto flower and needs 20 hours to grow its best...

http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/easy-ryder-aka-lowryder-2-x-ak47/prod_442.html

Well, i guess i jumped the gun, it looks like its a Lowryder 2 x AK47 Feminized Auto Flowering Dwarf. What a waste of money. I cant give it 20 hours of hps. (electric bill) Thanks for clearing that up. What should i do with it? I mean its getting 20 hours of cfl light lol...

Thanks for checking on that for me. ;]

hey broseph.... im wondering how well your vegging would be if you had double those lights? Im planning on starting a 2week cycle grow next month, and am only gona Veg for 4 weeks. Will those lights get them big enough? Gonna Uncle ben top and flower under 1k HPS.

Imo, the 8 100w equiv cfls i have keep nodes tight, plenty of light. If i had 16 of them in there (double) the heat and energy usage would be like a MH. So if your going to go with anything, get a 150 mh. It cost me about 40 dollars for the bulbs, splitters, and power strips.(for the So double that and...http://cgi.ebay.com/HPS-150-Grow-Light-SYSTEM-Bulb-sun-sodium-150w-w-/400178977797?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d2c869c05 About the same price.

I ordered a 2ft 4bulb t5 ho the other day to add to my veg chamber, mostly for clone rooting and a week veging, while the cfls keep the moms happy.

And i vegged for two weeks also, day 8 in flowering and they around around 12-20 inches tall, 10 inches wide. From seed that is.. if it was from clone it would be much bigger.

Pics tonight.

 

[DSB65]

Just let it grow....

 

[smokinheavy79]

Nice set up bro! sub'd +rep!

 

[Drewet1988]

Looking good Subbed and +rep.

~Drew~

 

[CatfishBilly]

Time for a update, plants are looking good. Found one male that i am sure of. Theres another that im not sure about... the others are not showing signs of being males yet.....

Transplanted one of the solos into the pot that i had that male in. Running low on planters.

Did some modification to my veg cab.. added t5s took off the bulky fan thing that i had....

Flowering cab. Now have 5. Culled a male.

Can u tell?

EDIT: So i decided that that one was a male, so i chopped him to pieces and used the planter for something i had in the veg cab. So i am down to four, but the light is hitting much of of the lower growth now.